Grand Prize

- $10,000 cash
- Ticket(s) to a Microsoft conference (including travel and lodging reimbursement up to $1,500 each) for no more than two team members
- 30-minute meeting with a Microsoft product representative (may be in-person or virtual depending on location)
- 30-minute meeting with a leader from the Microsoft Incubation Group (may be in-person or virtual depending on location)
- Allowance on a premium Microsoft Office 365 service for one year (for up to five team members)
- Surface product (1)

Second Prize

- $5,000 cash
- 30-minute meeting with a Microsoft product representative (may be in-person or virtual depending on location)
- Allowance on a premium Microsoft Office 365 service for one year (for up to five team members)
- Surface product (1)

Third Prize

- $2,500 cash
- Allowance on a premium Microsoft Office 365 service for one year (for up to five team members)
- Surface product (1)

Category Award: Best Personal Productivity Application

- $1,500 cash

Category Award: Best Professional Productivity Application

- $1,500 cash

Best Student Application Award

- $1,500 cash
- Awarded to the best application created by a student or team of students (Full details in rules. Must be taking at least half-time credits or have graduated post-secondary school in the last six months)

Best Pre-Coded App Idea

- $1,500 cash
- Awarded at the discretion of the judges to the most creative and interesting “pre-coded” application idea for increasing productivity using either a Microsoft Office 365 Add-in or Microsoft Office 365 API
- To be eligible for this award a submission must not include a functioning application. All other elements of the submission are required, including: a demo video to explain your idea, a text description, and all other form fields.

Popular Choice Award

- $1,500 cash

Connect on Slack

Join our Hack Productivity-only Slack channel. You can use this channel to not only talk in real time with other participants (and maybe find a teammate), and also to ask questions of the competition managers. Just make sure to be respectful – we all have the same goal (building cool stuff).

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Submit early!(You can edit your submission as many times as you want before the deadline.)

Judges

Eileen MurphyCEO & Founder of ThinkCERCA

Peter PezarisCEO & Founder of Glip

Geir HansenManaging Director of Silicon Valley Bank

JD MarymeeEnterprise Architect at Microsoft

Guest Speaker

Judging Criteria

Quality of Idea
Includes creativity and originality of the idea or use case.

Implementation of Idea
Includes how well the idea was executed by the developer and the extent to which the application utilizes the Microsoft Office 365 APIs or Add-ins in a way that increases productivity.

Potential Impact
Includes the extent to which the application could impact the user’s productivity.